Definition of Rio de la Plata

1. Noun. An estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.

Exact synonyms: La Plata, Plata River
Group relationships: Argentina, Argentine Republic, Uruguay
Generic synonyms: Estuary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rio De La Plata

Ringling
Ringo
Ringo Starr
Ringwood
Ringwraith
Rinne's test
Rinzai
Rio
Rio Branco
Rio Bravo
Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Nunez coffee
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de la Plata (current term)
Rioja
Riojan
Riojans
Riojas
Riolan's anastomosis
Riolan's arc
Riolan's arcades
Riolan's bones
Riolan's muscle
Rioni
Rios
Riot Act
Rip1 peroxidase
Rip van Winkle

Literary usage of Rio de la Plata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... de la Conquista del Paraguay, Rio de La Plata y Tucuman", Buenos The kings of Spain having the conversion of the native peoples sincerely at heart, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... permitted the abuse of this system to flourish orty colonies (Guevara, "Hist, de la Conquista del Paraguay, Rio de La Plata y Tucuman", Buenos II. ..."

3. The Spanish Dependencies in South America: An Introduction to the History of by Bernard Moses (1914)
"... the foundation of Spanish authority in Peru, Chile, and Tucuman, other Spaniards were establishing settlements on the Rio de la Plata and the Paraguay. ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"On the Declaration of Independence by the Provinces of Rio de la Plata. ... On assure que les provinces du Rio de la Plata se sont déclarées indépendantes ..."

5. Spain's Declining Power in South America, 1730-1806 by Bernard Moses (1919)
"CHAPTER V THE CREATION OF THE VICEROYALTY OF Rio de la Plata I. The need of a new viceroyalty and the functions of the viceroy. II. The audiencia of Charcas ..."

6. Spain's Declining Power in South America, 1730-1806 by Bernard Moses (1919)
"CHAPTER V THE CREATION OF THE VICEROYALTY OF Rio de la Plata . I. The need of a new viceroyalty and the functions of the viceroy. II. ..."

7. Spain's Declining Power in South America, 1730-1806 by Bernard Moses (1919)
"The audiencia of Charcas and the creation of the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. III. Viceroy Ceballos and his army. IV. The Spanish- Portuguese treaty of ..."

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